J U D G M E N T
Introduction
This case raises interesting issues of land acquisition from some families in the Greater Accra Region. There is no doubt that the land in dispute is originally family land. The plaintiffs claim that the land in dispute is their family land with the family being the Paulo and Abraham Family of Awua We, Oyarifa.
The defendants claim that they got the land in dispute from the Agbawe Family of La. The plaintiffs however assert that the Agbawe Family is made up of six gates namely the Awua We, Kplen We, Asua We, Otopa We, Owusu We and Kpobi We, each of which own their respective lands; and as a subset of the Awua We family, the Paulo and Abraham Family also own their lands which include the land in dispute.
All the parties generally agree that in the 1970s, Nii Sowah Oblie (variously referred to as Nee Sowa Obiri, Nii Sowah Oblee and Nii Sowa Obiri) the overall head of the Agbawe Family was the rightful person responsible for the alienation of any …